Wild Lilies: Book One of the NOLA Shifters Series

by Angel Nyx

  “Good girl.” He thrust his fingers in and out slowly, wanting to prolong the sweet torture as long as possible. His thumb periodically teased her clit just enough to heighten things but not enough to push her over the edge.

  “Declan…” He was keeping her release hovering just out of reach, and with every passing minute, he drove her more and more insane with need.

  “Tell me what you need.” He watched her face as she arched into his hand.

  “Oh gods…please…please let me come.” Lily whined as her hips arched wildly in an effort to push herself over the edge he kept her on.

  A wicked smile lit up his face and he leaned in to kiss her. “That’s my girl. Come for me, baby.” He slid his thumb over her clit until he had her crying out while her inner walls clenched around his fingers.

  Lily came with a shout, her entire body shuddering with the orgasm. She lay there panting and stared up at him in wonder. “Holy hell.”

  “We’re just getting started, doll. I want to taste every inch of your luscious body.”

  “Yes, please.” Her voice was husky with need.

  Declan wasted no time getting her naked. His hands trailed over her body and his lips followed. He stopped to suckle first one breast and then the other, biting her nipples just enough to make her cry out, before he moved on. He pushed her thighs apart and gazed down at her sex. “Beautiful.” He watched her face as he lowered his mouth to her. His tongue traced over her slick folds and he groaned. “Manna from the gods,” he said before his tongue slipped inside her. He kissed her pussy the way he’d kissed her mouth, deep thrusts of his tongue followed by shallow, teasing touches. He kept up the assault as she began to writhe beneath him.

  Lily watched his face as he kissed his way down her body. The very few men she’d been with before him, including Keith, had never made her feel as desired as he did with just a look. She’d always been a little self-conscious about her curves but with Declan she didn’t feel that way. With him, all she felt was sexy, desired, fuckable. He made her body burn with need and made her crave the feel of his skin against hers. When his tongue slipped into her, she arched against him and moaned. Soon she was writhing on the bed, and her hands moved down to grip his hair tightly. If she didn’t come soon, she wasn’t sure she was going to survive the burning need he caused in her.

  Declan

  As Lily went wild beneath him, Declan felt himself getting unbearably hard. He needed to be inside her but he wanted to lap up her release. He slipped two fingers inside her and moved his mouth to her clit to suckle it and flick his tongue across it. He knew that was all she would need to finally give him what he wanted.

  When Declan flicked his tongue across her clit, Lily lost it. She screamed with her release and bucked into his mouth as the orgasm ripped through her. She released her hold on his hair and lay there with a euphoric smile on her face.

  Declan growled against her and lapped up her juices. He eased her through the aftershocks of the orgasm before he finally kissed his way up to her mouth, losing his jeans in the process. He settled between her thighs and locked eyes with her. “You’re mine, Lily. There will be no going back, no running away from what’s between us, not this time. If you can’t handle that, you better say so right fucking now.”

  Lily stared up at him and raised her hand to caress his cheek. “Fuck me, Declan.”

  “Not until you say it.” It was taking every ounce of willpower he had not to bury himself in her, but he needed to hear the words first.

  “I’m yours. Only yours. Now for the love of Goddess, please just fuck me.”

  With a snarl of pleasure Declan buried himself to the hilt. He gripped her hands and pulled them up over her head, pinning them to the bed. The sight of her like that made him even harder and caused him to lose the little control he had left. He pounded into her, hard, fast, frenzied. The feel of her finally beneath him, knowing she wasn’t going to run and put her walls up once the orgasm faded, had him driving into her with such ferocity and need he was afraid he was going to hurt her.

  Lily

  Lily was stunned by the savagery in him. It was almost as if he’d lost all control of his wolf and the animal was what was driving him. When his eyes darkened to silver, indicating his wolf was close to the surface, she knew that was the case. The savagery, the intensity, coming from him excited her on several levels and made her own wolf take notice. She'd never felt so connected to anyone in her life.

  As his hold tightened on her and his thrusts grew more wild, Lily knew she had to make a decision. She could either fight his wolf, or she could comply. Instead of struggling against his hold on her she went soft and pliant, giving his wolf what he needed; her submission. He was an Alpha wolf, if they’d had a pack of their own he would be the one calling the shots, and although she was a dominant female, she willingly submitted to his dominance. It was the first time in her life she'd ever willingly submitted to the dominance of another without so much as a muttered word of annoyance. Even as a child, she'd fought her father's dominance as Alpha, but with Declan, neither she nor her wolf felt that urge.

  Declan

  Declan felt the edge of his control returning as Lily stopped fighting against his hold. The look in her eyes when he locked his gaze with hers helped him to regain more control from his wolf. It also caused his heart to swell with an emotion he thought just might be the beginning of love. When he’d needed her to submit to him so he wouldn’t lose all control, instead of fighting and being stubborn or willful, she acquiesced to his wolf’s need to dominate hers. That, more than anything else, told him that she was perfect for him. As he regained his control, his thrusts became less brutal and he eased his grip on her wrists until her hands were free.

  As soon as his grip loosened and she was able to move her arms, Lily wrapped them around him and clung to him. She would have bruises from how tightly he’d gripped her wrists, but thanks to her shifter blood they would fade quickly enough. Her hands slid down his back as she arched to meet his thrusts and as her orgasm finally hit, tearing a ragged scream of pleasure from her, her nails raked down his back leaving a trail of heat in their wake.

  With a snarl of pleasure Declan spilled himself deep inside her welcoming heat. Her inner walls clenched around him so tightly, he knew he wasn’t moving until they loosened. Their bodies were coated in sweat, and when he collapsed atop her, he shifted his upper body just enough to keep from crushing her beneath him. “Holy fuck.” His words were panted against her neck in ragged breath. His brain was having a hard time processing any other words.

  Lily lay there beneath him, her own breathing just as ragged. “That sums it up nicely.”

  It took more effort than Declan was willing to admit for him to roll off her. He reached out and tugged her close to him so he could nuzzle her hair. She smelled so good, coated in the smell of sex, sweat, and his scent. His hand caressed her side and he felt her relaxing against him. “Mmmh, I think a nap is in order.”

  Lily gave him a sleepy look. “I agree.” She shifted and snuggled closer to him. Within moments she was asleep.

  Declan chuckled softly and followed her, both his human half and his wolf completely and totally sated for the first time in his life.

  Chapter Fifteen

  Lily

  Lily awoke hours later to the smell of bacon cooking. As the scent wafted to her from the open bedroom door, her stomach growled to let her know it was in dire need of food. Stretching, she felt a welcome ache between her thighs and let out a contented sigh. Declan had gotten just a tiny bit carried away and she was sore, but it was that ‘just had a really good fuck’ ache and she was okay with that. She tugged on a robe, not bothering with getting dressed, and headed out to the front of her small apartment.

  Declan must’ve heard the whisper of her bare feet on the floor as she approached as he turned to watch her. “You’re sore.” He noted the slight stiffness in her walk.

  “Yeah, but it’s a good kind of sore, so don�
�t you dare apologize. Please tell me you’re almost done cooking because I’m starving.”

  “It’ll be done in a few minutes. I brewed coffee. It took a few minutes to find where you kept it. Why the freezer?”

  “Keeps it fresher longer. There is nothing better than fresh ground coffee.” The sound that came out of her at the thought of having a cup of fresh ground coffee was almost a purr, despite the fact she was a wolf, not a cat.

  Declan chuckled. “I’ll have to take your word for the freshness.” He pulled her in for a kiss before she could move past him to fix herself some coffee. “You look good with your hair all sleep-tousled.”

  Lily rolled her eyes at him. “My hair looks like a rat’s nest when I first wake up. Being thoroughly fucked made it worse, but I just can’t find it in me to care at the moment.”

  Declan swatted her ass when she moved past him. “It does not look like a rat’s nest, but you do have that thoroughly fucked look about you and I fully intend to give you that look as often as possible.”

  Lily shivered at the growl in his voice. It did all kinds of things to her body. “Is this that famous shifter stamina you were bragging about when we first met?”

  “You know it, doll.” He plated their food and set it on the table while she took her seat. “So, tell me the truth, Lily. That first night at the club, when you threw your drink in my face and said fuck you, you weren’t pissed at me because of what I said but because it turned you on and made you wet, didn’t it?” He asked the question once he was seated across from her.

  Lily shifted her chair a little so she could prop a foot on his seat, between his legs, and extended her toes just enough to brush them across his crotch with a wicked little grin. “If I’m being honest, then yeah, I was turned on by it. I was still pissed at you for what you said, as if I was some easy little slut who would spread her legs just because you looked at me, but yes, your words made me wet.”

  Declan groaned at the teasing touch. “Keep that up and you won’t be getting to eat any time soon.”

  Lily gave him a mock innocent look and took a bite of the omelet he’d made. “This is really good.” She kept her foot brushing against him as she began to eat.

  Declan grabbed her foot to stop it. “Eat your food before it gets cold, woman. You’re already sore, I’ll give you until tonight to recover.”

  Lily laughed and pulled her foot from his grip to lower it back to the floor. She sobered after a moment. “Actually, I need to talk to you about something.”

  “If this is your usual ‘I need time’ spiel, forget it, doll.” He cocked a brow at her.

  “No, it’s not that. Emelise and I have been talking. She’s potentially getting an apartment today; she should hear back from the agent by this afternoon, and if she does, she has to go back to Phoenix to get her stuff out of storage. I have vacation time coming at work so I was thinking about taking the time off to drive up with her and help her clear out the storage unit. It’s a twenty-one hour drive, one way, so we’d be gone a few days. I just didn’t want you thinking I was running away. New Orleans is my home; I’m not going anywhere.”

  Declan studied her. “That might be a good idea, actually. Some shit is about to go down between the Pard and those fucking jaguars, and I’d rather you not be caught in the middle of it.” He took a drink of coffee before he leveled his gaze at her. “There’s something I’ve been meaning to talk to you about too. It’s about your father.”

  Lily tensed. “What about him?”

  “I think you should call him and talk to him, Lily. Just hear me out, doll. When he asked me to come down here and see if you really were living in New Orleans, he told me a few things. He said that if he’d known giving you such an ultimatum would make you run, he would have reconsidered it. He misses you, doll. He told me that you’re the only family he has left in this world and that, after your mother died, he wouldn’t have survived losing his mate if not for you. You kept him from following her because you needed him. I get that he pissed you off; Lord knows I’ve figured out he can be a hard-headed, arrogant son of a bitch, but he knows he was wrong and wants to make amends. Call him, talk to him. That’s all I’m asking you to do. You don’t have to agree to anything else—just hear him out. I think his fear of losing the pack drove him to make a rash decision that he has regretted for the last six years.”

  Lily listened to him, really listened, and gave herself a little time to process what he was saying before she spoke. “Okay. I’ll call him. I do miss him because he’s right, he’s the only family I have, that’s blood related anyway, and maybe it’s time I get the chip off my shoulder and try to see things from his point of view.”

  “If he tries to order you around, you can always tell him to fuck off and hang up on him. At least he won’t end up with alcohol stinging his eyes.”

  Lily laughed. “I am never going to live that down, am I?”

  “Not a chance, doll.” His laughter joined hers. He turned his attention to his food and scarfed it down.

  Late afternoon found Lily walking through the apartment that Emelise was now renting. It had a nice little community patio area out back, pretty tile floors throughout most of the apartment, with a gleaming wood floor in the single bedroom. The bathroom didn’t have a tub but she knew Emelise was fine with that. Her friend wasn’t much for soaking in a tub. She’d once teased Lily about her love of baths because, as a cat, Emelise was happier with taking a quick shower. The exception to that was if she felt like going swimming. Then she didn’t mind being submerged in water. “I think it’s perfect for you, Eme, especially since the owner said you could paint the walls as long as you repaint them before you move out.”

  Emelise flashed a grin. “I like it too. My first apartment, and I picked it out all on my lil ol’ lonesome,” she said with a mock southern drawl.

  Lily laughed. “I know it drove you nuts living in that little house with your mom because she was so freaked about something happening to you if you lived elsewhere. You did good, girl. I like it. It has just enough character, and with some colorful paint on the walls, it’ll be totally you.”

  “Now all I need to do is go back to Phoenix to get my stuff. Ugh, that’s going to be the not-so-fun part.”

  “Well, cheer up, because you won’t be going alone. I already talked to Emile, and he’s cool with me taking some vacation time to drive out with you.”

  “Oh, that’s awesome. And what about your new lover boy? Is he okay with you going away for a few days?” She’d told Lily she’d smelled Declan all over her the instant she’d walked into the hotel room.

  “Actually, he encouraged me to go. There’s something going on between the leopards and jaguars. He’d feel better if I wasn’t around when it happened.”

  Emelise propped her hands on her hips as she turned to her. “What happened? And don’t you dare give me this ‘nothing’ bullshit either.”

  Lily saw the look of determination on Emelise’s face and groaned. “I should have known I couldn’t hide anything from you.” She sat cross-legged on the floor in the living room area and took a deep breath. “Last night, a little before closing, those jaguars from Baton Rouge, the ones I told off, showed up at my work. I let my mouth get my ass into trouble, and I’m not entirely sure what they were planning, but the one implied he intended on raping me. When they first walked in the door, I sent Declan a text, discreetly, telling him they were there and that I was in trouble. The only thing that saved me from being hurt right then was a group of tourists coming in for a late evening cup of coffee. Declan and Remy showed up right after they left, before anything could really happen but…it scared me. Badly. I asked Declan to stay last night because I just needed to be held, and yes that’s all we did last night. This morning, that was a different story. He rocked my fucking world, Eme. I have never had such an intense orgasm as the ones he gave me. I’m still a little sore from it; it was that intense. Somewhere along the way he almost lost all control of his wolf and…I pul
led him back from the edge. I submitted to his wolf’s need to dominate and, if I’m completely honest, I never felt more in tune with myself than I did in that moment.”

  Emelise stared at her. “Oh, wow. Damn, girl, that’s some scary shit, that they showed up there. That means they had to have been watching the shop already to know where you worked. It sounds to me like the sex was beyond mind-blowing. Lucky you. Me, I’m settling for a mediocre orgasm compliments of my vibrator. I am not getting into a relationship with that arrogant leopard; I don’t care if he is my mate.”

  Lily laughed. “You sound like me not too long ago. Enough about that. So, we head out first thing tomorrow for Phoenix?”

  “Sounds like a plan to me.”

  “Good. I’ll get out of here and let you get back to the club. I noticed the cleanup is coming along nicely. Oh, you do realize Caine will raise hell about you taking off, and you know he’ll hear about it since some members of the Pard are helping you get the place in order, right?”

  “Don’t remind me. He can raise hell all he wants; he doesn’t own me.”

  “I’m just saying.” Lily headed for the door. “See you in the morning. We’ll take my car since it’s better on gas than your gas guzzler.” She waved and left. On her way home she debated on waiting until she got back from Phoenix to call her father but…maybe it would be better to just get it out of the way. Then she could focus on enjoying the road trip.

  Lily sat on her sofa and tucked her feet beneath her before she finally dialed her father’s number. She sat there nervously waiting for him to answer.